- 3 months ago
First broadcast 11th October 1976.
Haskins is concerned that, in an adjacent manor, crooks seem to be getting nicked and then released without charge.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Norman Jones - Det. Insp. Perraut
John Lyons - Det. Sgt. Jim Huke
Sheila Brennan - Marge Proctor
Brian Poyser - Ash
Rod Culbertson - Ronnie Grigg
Colin Rix - Letts
David Miller - Gordon Hudson
Kenneth Gilbert - Supt. Reynolds
Patricia Franklin - Mrs. Perraut
Ellis Dale - Bank Manager
John Alkin - DS Tom Daniels
Maggie McCarthy - WPC Collins
Billy James - Drag Stripper
Stephen Hatton - Johnny Peters
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Harry Fielder - Shopkeeper
Fred Wood - Drunk
Haskins is concerned that, in an adjacent manor, crooks seem to be getting nicked and then released without charge.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Norman Jones - Det. Insp. Perraut
John Lyons - Det. Sgt. Jim Huke
Sheila Brennan - Marge Proctor
Brian Poyser - Ash
Rod Culbertson - Ronnie Grigg
Colin Rix - Letts
David Miller - Gordon Hudson
Kenneth Gilbert - Supt. Reynolds
Patricia Franklin - Mrs. Perraut
Ellis Dale - Bank Manager
John Alkin - DS Tom Daniels
Maggie McCarthy - WPC Collins
Billy James - Drag Stripper
Stephen Hatton - Johnny Peters
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Harry Fielder - Shopkeeper
Fred Wood - Drunk
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00:30hands on your head what come put your hands on your head now you come over here come on
00:41fill it come on today's thursday you back on friday so i know it's there now go on move girl
00:48get back put your hands down quick come on
01:00morning i want a key ring for my husband go on then serve the lady
01:08something funny or kinky you know this sort of thing
01:18smooth as silk what on w pc collins leave off for you you break me bloody arm you don't know your
01:28strength girl hello
01:48morning this is the boss detective inspector pedo ronnie grig
01:57grig eh well i've seen some cack-handed villains but
02:02any previous some you surprise me how many
02:07three what do you reckon you'll draw about two pennant
02:12double it agent on his previous yes four years
02:19that's a lot of porridge
02:20can't we do something about it then
02:25what do you have in mind son
02:28i'd like to help
02:32too many witnesses
02:34look i'll give you a long one for an acquittal
02:37all right then give us a price three i could buy a whole jury for that one each for me a gentleman
02:47jim one for the man upstairs and that is rock bottom
02:51okay but i'll need bail you'll get it
03:05so
03:14yeah
03:17yeah
03:21yeah
03:28yeah
03:30yeah
03:34Stay close, Jack.
03:49Mr Hudson? Gordon Hudson?
03:52Yes?
03:52I'm Detective Chief Inspector Haskins of the Flying Squad.
03:55This is Detective Inspector Regan.
03:57Flying Squad?
03:58This is a photograph of you, I believe.
04:01You've taken some years ago, right?
04:03Yes or no?
04:05Yes.
04:06And these five convictions are also yours.
04:10I believe you were using the name Hanley, not Hudson at the time.
04:14Graham Hanley.
04:15Did you get this from the local factory?
04:17You admit that they're yours?
04:18Don't have any choice, do I?
04:21That's all. Thank you.
04:26Bastards.
04:32Hasn't made his day, has it?
04:33I'll drop this in on the prosecuting council.
04:35Yeah, that should put in poison, then.
04:37For one suspended sentence, read, uh, what, three years?
04:41I'll settle for that.
04:43You seem surprised you knew he had four.
04:45Particularly since the local CID said there was no record of any.
04:48They didn't seem to have taken any daps.
04:50Oh, like that, is it?
04:52I don't know.
04:54Maybe we'll find out.
05:00Governor.
05:00Well, she types like she looks.
05:03We ought to go.
05:04Go where?
05:05I told you.
05:06The Dirty Squad.
05:07They're showing all those new porn films.
05:09The Greek Street ones?
05:10Yeah, six o'clock.
05:10I can't do it, Jules.
05:12Well, it's your loss, son.
05:14Shaq on S on blue, as they say.
05:15Sad.
05:16When they were wearing bicycle clips.
05:18Reagan.
05:20The gags may be old.
05:21It's just a walk that's different.
05:23You're all right, then.
05:25Oi, sailor.
05:27Come back.
05:29Governor wants us.
05:30When?
05:31Now.
05:32You just missed me?
05:33Now.
05:34You just took me into it.
05:40Oh, Jack, George, sit down.
05:44You know I've been working on this fraud case.
05:47Have you told George?
05:48No, I haven't.
05:48Well, it doesn't matter.
05:50The point is we've unearthed a whiff of corruption.
05:53Not a Ben Copper.
05:54Possibly.
05:55Anyway, under the Police Act of 1964,
05:57the local chief constable has asked the commissioner
05:59to supply an investigating officer.
06:01And that's me.
06:02Terrific.
06:03To see if there are any charges to be brought.
06:06Disciplinary or criminal.
06:07Well, don't say you want to involve us.
06:09We're up to their governor.
06:11Not true.
06:12I had to stop George going to the pictures tonight, George.
06:15That's right.
06:16I checked the book.
06:18You are the least busy of my teams as of 5 p.m. this evening.
06:22Look, you've been on the wrong end of one of these inquiries, Frank.
06:25Sifting through your private life.
06:27Pricing your home.
06:29Everything from the sideboard to your wife's second best bra.
06:32Remember the names Hayley and Bremner?
06:34Giles and Bremner, yeah, but...
06:37These are two young tearaways that gave you the slip.
06:41Got them, yeah.
06:42London Airport last Christmas.
06:44We lost them when they vanished into that same police district.
06:47We don't know how many of our old customers may be holed up in there.
06:50So it's fixed.
06:52Fixed.
06:55Okay.
06:57Where do we start?
07:16Would you like to meet her?
07:17I'll let you know.
07:20Cautious.
07:20Have a nice day.
07:24Yes.
07:32Ones.
07:32Yes.
07:36I'll let you know.
07:42I'll let you know.
07:44I'll let you know.
07:45I'll let you know.
07:46I'll let you know.
07:48you knew i knew oh i was shaving in the gents when i arrived what a rat
07:58do you want more drinks gents uh yes please march sim again seen a few flat-chested strippers
08:06in my time he's good isn't he no i'm clear march i still like women the roast beef of old england
08:13every time don't mind a cut off that you and half this town is there a mr p anywhere on the island
08:24parkers don't even think about it why not before you on october he'd hear about it he has nasty
08:32friends a lot of them how's the rate as ever could do with a boost how about a nice plump
08:43tender lad milk fed free range etc just waiting to be pulled you can garnish him with a few unsolds
08:53get him ti seed with his own parboil and grill then put your feet up thought you were a solicitor
09:01not a chef a man in his time plays many parts name peters johnny peters never heard of him
09:10a client of mine owns some property thanks love my pleasure any word from the brewery oh only
09:19acknowledge that yes keep me posted yeah cheers some property a client of yours top of mount
09:29arrowhead victorian jobs the other ones number 29 top floor is he there now sometime tonight
09:38you'll be keeping that you'll find the door open tomorrow morning okay cheers
09:43okay
09:55okay
10:09what's going on cover them up love put me up for breakfast
10:19right
10:22right
10:23enough you got me you pig
10:26check the coverage
10:37thank you
10:52bingo
11:01who'd have thought he'd have spent so much so soon i don't have to even see you unless i want
11:20don't play buried room lawyers with me uncle it's true that only applies when you're on remand
11:27you're not anymore you're doing bird three years worth i could have someone sitting here with me
11:34making notes you can have angelo dundee in your corner as far as i'm concerned
11:37you could bring me in your blindfold and still know where i was
11:44yes that subtle mixture of slopping out and green water
11:50like the bottom of cabbage the size of the other man
11:53yeah you must want your head tested
11:58how much were you putting in
12:03you get nicked there's 15 cards on the indictment they drop you in it for three years
12:13and still you stand for it
12:15you must be having your own private mental health year
12:21they're sitting in their offices gordon polishing their chairs with their arses and they are
12:27creasing themselves you paid for protection and they didn't deliver did they
12:32what did they say plead guilty my son we'll squash the previouses you'll go into court with a good
12:40character and come out with a suspended sentence is that what they said no comment
12:45i beg your pardon i said no comment oh you've been watching all those little plastic men
12:52trooping out of number 10 flashing their amsteads and the transport house smiles
12:56dafters wouldn't nutmeg most of them but dafter still good the likes of you and me who put them there
13:03and to pay for something and not get it and still keep still
13:08that's got to be the daftest thing of all
13:11you think on gordon if you want me you know where i am
13:17i know if i were you i'd sing like a hot canary
13:30any georgia no go stiff upper lip time innit there you go governor oh thanks
13:47did he deny that he had friends on the force no that's the one thing he didn't do
13:51oh well it was worth a try anyway george you haven't got any tea
13:56no no i'm trying to lose a few pounds not the grapefruit diet no no listen if you're
14:01really serious about that you ought to try the onion diet i'm trying to lose a few pounds
14:06not all my friends you ain't got any friends just a word about hudson's fraud seems that
14:12he had a team of salesmen selling garden furniture allegedly emphasized allegedly made by disabled
14:20ex-servicemen yes during its last year the firm grossed sixty thousand pounds it's not chicken feed
14:28thirty thousand of which went straight into hudson's own pocket tasty what'd you nail him on
14:34oh running a company for fraudulent purposes not keeping proper books fraudulent conversion etc etc
14:40how did you make the link with the local force they said he had no form well i couldn't believe
14:46that he hadn't cut his teeth on something less ambitious so you checked his photos with the
14:50albums something else that might be of interest four years ago an inspector down there got smashed at
14:56the annual knees up has been no whilst in his cups he made certain allegations which not surprisingly
15:04put the block on his promotion you know that figures well out of peak he put in his papers
15:09he then wrote a note to the dpp or by now of course he's pegged as a difficult cuss so nothing came
15:15of it well inquiries were made but as you say nothing came of it it'd be worth meeting there's either got
15:21a bee in his bonnet or an ounce or two of high octane honey there's his address
15:27well these will be nice for you sir yeah don't forget cut the pots off yeah and uh be careful not
15:38the damage of those roots okay no you pay it the other way thanks very much thank you very much
15:41ex-inspector letts mr letts as you wish di reagan ds carter the met how did you know i saw the gold dust
16:01glinting on your boots who are you with 810 sweeney oh the glory boys why did you say 810 first number
16:09that came into my head you once made some accusations about corruption biggest boo-boo ever made
16:15it's in the guinness book of records you know all-time clangers second only to the one in the kremlin
16:19didn't win friends and influence people hey you could say that
16:23still believe what you said was true not believe i know knowing's not proving though is it well let us
16:33prove it for you the system's wrong trenchant was right what we need is an officer corps an elite
16:41an unbendable unbribable incorruptible elite there's only one force got that
16:47st peter's ac crime it's the only way graft or knacker us otherwise yeah say hello at christmas that was
16:56always his line whose line and they did more scotch in the back of that car whose car he broke retail
17:03price maintenance single-handed suits watches meals holidays who john's that's better where is he now
17:15but he does talk does he i was beginning to wonder natural causes for him john's
17:28well if eating yourself drinking yourself oring yourself to death is natural yes any other names
17:35living ones a week's a long time in politics i've been gone four years okay places then clubs pubs
17:43discos knocking shops the blue parrot hey what's so funny that was sydney green street's cafe in
17:51casa blanca well this is marge proctor's place in kingly street she doesn't wear a fez
17:56four times four times four times and four times it was closed on the very night of the raid unlucky
18:04wasn't i tip-off wasn't done with tea wreaths well thanks for your help have a drink with us don't
18:12patronize me
18:16here you turn off that tap will you tell me uh does the met dress like that these days
18:23yeah most of them thank god i wore uniform
18:36ten quid a month i've paid that taylor he's up his champ
18:44that's hankins isn't it from the yard you mean haskins
18:59that's hankins yeah it is wonder what he wants keep it tight take each match as it comes
19:24oh george if you get a chance uh in the canteen somewhere like that drop john's name will you
19:37yeah we'll do gov see if it gets any ripples see if anybody remembers him who worked with him name
19:43of his sergeant things like that okay governor i shouldn't think anybody's cleaned these windows
19:48this is vj night when was that oh god don't say you don't remember no you wouldn't
20:00no it's all i left now didn't you ask for a direct line yes i did so don't call jack on that phone
20:07i think we can cope sir used to be said there's only one reason for this town to exist
20:24it's a place to stop between london the coast to be in the river well we try to disprove that i'd do
20:41the same so i think i'd like a word with your boss on his own if you don't mind okay sir
20:55missed you before i was up at bram's hill did you enjoy it i have my reservations i think of
21:00pushing some of them too fast too soon it's frank isn't it yes your fraud inquiry's made a few years
21:08burn i'm sorry needless to say it embarrasses the hell out of me to have you here not exactly an
21:14ideal situation for me either sir no no i suppose not now don't misunderstand what i say frank but
21:21you don't demolish our old church just because a couple of tiles need replacing agreed i know
21:26your briefs from but all the same i expect to be consulted and i don't mean when it's a fait
21:31accompli understood i understand sir when this is all over someone will still have to police this
21:36bailiwick though i know our daily crime sheets look like chicken feet up at the mpd
21:41nevertheless if it's only road accidents or colorado beetle this division will still continue to get
21:46the respect it deserves respect do i make myself clear i understand sir
22:06your
22:08all ship shape of bristol fashion ah don't know yet come aboard
22:30Are you going to buy it?
22:35I might.
22:36I thought you had a meet tonight at 8 o'clock.
22:39Where was it?
22:40It's off.
22:41Why?
22:43Our friend Greg has fouled up.
22:47How?
22:48He got nicked, didn't he?
22:50Where?
22:51Southampton.
22:52Clever.
22:53Doing no jewellers.
22:55After that last viasco.
22:57Idiot.
22:58While on bail from us, that's what matters.
23:00Could have bounced better.
23:15Ah.
23:17Stranger in paradise.
23:21What's that for?
23:22Take my hand, I'm...
23:25Stranger in paradise.
23:27Kismet.
23:27Yeah.
23:28Sort of my honeymoon.
23:29Long.
23:30Long time ago.
23:31Can I buy you a drink?
23:33Save your money.
23:36So you're Marge Proctor?
23:38Well, nobody else would admit to it.
23:44I'm looking for a room.
23:46Some had a kip for a few nights.
23:47Well, you've always tried the Griffin opposite the cop shop.
23:51What's wrong with one of your spurs upstairs?
23:52How do you know it?
23:53How do you know it?
23:55Well, that's the way I heard it.
23:58What's your name?
23:59Jack.
24:01The I'm all right one, or the up yours one?
24:05Maybe I saw right up somewhere.
24:07Yeah, yeah, there must have been it.
24:09Yeah.
24:09The Sunday Times, probably.
24:11Could be.
24:12Yeah.
24:13The Griffin's your best bet, love.
24:14Hey, Marge, come on.
24:16Do your sport.
24:18Oh, God.
24:19A number of times that's been said.
24:23And if I'd always said no, I'd be in clover.
24:25Well, sheep always are.
24:27Look what's happened to them.
24:28Baa.
24:30No, it was a face named Proctor.
24:33Stan the man Proctor.
24:35Stan?
24:37You've been inside.
24:38Shh.
24:40What do you want to learn, Hala?
24:42Now, ships that pass in the night.
24:44They go in, they come out, right?
24:45I've seen faces fresh from the nick that are funny, grey colour.
24:50Come see.
24:52Yours is not one of them.
24:54There's more than one way to kill Bird, Marge.
24:56Head on, face to face, screw to screws.
25:00The nerks way.
25:01What's the other way?
25:03Yes, Chief.
25:04Right, Chief.
25:05I'm doing the Governor's Roses today, Chief.
25:07Which arm do I put the band on?
25:08In other words, you crawl.
25:10I'll put it this way.
25:12If you ever want a limbo dancer in here, look no further.
25:15You're on parole?
25:20Well, you can't very well put the blue parrot as an address.
25:23The probation officer's liable to give that the elbow.
25:26Cross that one later.
25:27Yeah, because you could always try at 6 Kingly Street and hope you wouldn't notice.
25:31You know your way around the law, Marge.
25:33Ah.
25:34I'm not a nerd either.
25:39What a nice place.
25:40Well, if you keep the lights dim, you don't notice the paper peeling and the damp rising.
25:47Must have to cross a few palms to keep going, eh?
25:51You've got your bed, Jack.
25:53Settle for that, eh?
25:54Settle for that, eh?
25:56Come on.
26:12Come on.
26:17Tell me, how do you get that stone so early in the morning?
26:32Takes years of practice.
26:34I could teach you.
26:35You're one of the whiz kids from the Met.
26:37Well, I don't know about the whiz kid bit.
26:39Jim Huke.
26:40George Carter.
26:41DS.
26:43It's a swinging little place, isn't it, George?
26:47Not many.
26:49Hmm.
26:50My governor doesn't like the smell of cigarette smoke.
26:53Ah, one of those.
26:54Need written permission to cough.
26:56How long have you been down here, then?
27:00Too long.
27:01I had a bird laid on for Sunday, if you see what I mean.
27:04So what's the object of the exercise?
27:07Yeah, I don't know if there is an object.
27:08Oh, you tell me.
27:10Well, they nicked this geezer for fraud, right?
27:12Now, word was he had no form.
27:14In fact, he did have a yard and a half of it.
27:15So what?
27:17Someone's stacked the cards.
27:18Yeah, so he's making a couple.
27:19Who cares?
27:20Humanator, innit?
27:22Getting anywhere?
27:23Nah, not so you notice.
27:27Tell you what.
27:29I'm gonna go over the road and have a pint.
27:31Gonna come?
27:3111.15 to the griffin to meet informant.
27:35Oh, beautiful.
27:40Could have been made for you.
27:46Always fancied myself in uniform.
27:49Always fancied myself as a barman.
27:50Yeah.
27:51Yeah.
27:52Always fancied yourself.
27:54You know me too well.
27:56The question is, can you do it?
27:59It's what Tigger likes best.
28:06Well, uh, Bloody Mary.
28:09Uh, vodka, tomato juice, squeeze a lemon.
28:13Screwdive.
28:13Vodka and lime juice, isn't it?
28:17Now, there is no place in this club for private enterprise, right?
28:24Right.
28:25It's a monopoly.
28:27Marge's monopoly.
28:29You work for me and for me only.
28:31You sound like you had hairs on your chest.
28:33Believe it.
28:35The day you put one of your bottles into one of my optics...
28:38Sounds very sexy.
28:39That's the day you leave.
28:40I'm not a crook.
28:42You weren't in the nick to lose weight.
28:44Touche.
28:46Now, 32 nips per bottle.
28:49That's the law.
28:50I like 30, but, uh, seems I like you.
28:5528.
28:57Any questions?
28:59Uh, I've heard a chain smoking, but this takes the Danish.
29:04I mean, you must have thousands of cigs in here.
29:06Questions?
29:07Licensing laws?
29:09Well, we open at 5.30.
29:11We close when I say close.
29:14Anything else?
29:15No, I don't think so.
29:18Warning bells.
29:20Still something not quite right about you, Jackerboy.
29:26What's that?
29:27Well, out of stir.
29:30Down on your B-men.
29:30No job.
29:32Yet you still haven't asked about salary.
29:35I assume you're paying kind much.
29:40Darling.
29:41Now, isn't that much kindness left in the world?
29:44Hello, Jim.
29:44Hello, Betty Love.
29:54How are you?
29:55Oh, having trouble with the boss.
29:57Oh, I should write to your MP.
29:59I would, if I thought he could read.
30:01I'm just going round to Mum's.
30:03Be about an hour.
30:04I'll believe that when I see it.
30:08Give him a laugh.
30:09It's all right.
30:10I hope the tablets are working.
30:11See you soon.
30:12I hope so.
30:15She not well?
30:16Some ore spills are damn great things.
30:22She found them on a bus.
30:23So, what about one George Carter, then?
30:29Well, I thought I'd take him on a pub call.
30:32Can you see him off?
30:33Oh, no problems.
30:34A couple of sniffs of the barmaid's aftershave.
30:38We've had inquiries before, Jim.
30:40Four years ago, to be precise.
30:41It's all part of life's rich pageantry.
30:48Turn that off, George.
30:53So, how much a free hand have you got?
31:02You've got to be joking.
31:03Every call, every move is watched, monitored, and spied on.
31:07And we'll need something to set it off.
31:09Take this.
31:1015,000 ciggies, 300 bottles of oil and heather scotch.
31:15Well, not.
31:16Every time I serve someone, I see Shaw Taylor.
31:20Trace those packing case numbers.
31:21All right.
31:23What about licensing hours?
31:25Right to her own.
31:26She admits it.
31:28Protection?
31:29Give us a chance, George.
31:32What's Frank Askins up to?
31:36I'm trying to pretend he's making daisy chains out of paperclips.
31:39In fact, he's going through all their recent cases.
31:42Looking for what?
31:43Things that fell apart, cases that were dropped,
31:45prosecutions that should have and didn't.
31:48That's smart.
31:48Now, he's already come up with an armed robbery merchant
31:51who they gave bail to.
31:52With four?
31:54Three previous.
31:56He's worth breathing on.
31:57I read about you and that Southampton jewellers.
32:12Not exactly Butch Cassidy, are you?
32:14Yeah, well, I was unlucky, wasn't I?
32:17No, I reckon you're in the wrong game, son.
32:19You've got about as much flair for it as a milkman.
32:21And all the while you're on bail.
32:23It's been a dodgy spell all round.
32:25You're a fool.
32:26I thought you were here to ask questions.
32:29No.
32:30I'm here to tell you.
32:31To tell you that my governor is tearing telephone directories.
32:34Why?
32:34What do you mean?
32:36What do you think you got bail for?
32:38I didn't know you was from inn.
32:40Oh, I'm sorry.
32:40I should have shown you one of my visiting cards.
32:42He's got nothing to worry about.
32:43Coming from you, that's the worst news he's had yet.
32:45Look, I won't let him down.
32:46He knows that.
32:47He knows nothing.
32:48But I'll tell you this, son.
32:49Listen, you tell Mr. Perra.
32:50You tell him I'm sorry I screwed up,
32:52but I'll make it up to him.
32:53He'll get his money.
32:54God's honour.
32:55Now, you tell him that.
32:58Uh, staff only back here, sir.
33:06Public the other side of the bar.
33:07I'm no public.
33:09Who are you?
33:10I'm family.
33:12Other side of the bar, please, sir.
33:15Oh, yes?
33:17Yeah.
33:18Oh, that's what?
33:21I'll have to put you there.
33:23Listen, pillock.
33:26I'm the fuzz.
33:26You raise one finger at me and your feet won't touch.
33:30Savvy?
33:31Savvy.
33:32Sergeant.
33:34Sergeant.
33:35That's a good line.
33:41That'd be nine pounds, Sergeant.
33:48Put that back.
33:49You must like playing with fire.
33:52Put it back.
33:53Listen.
33:54If I have to take you into the nick, I warn you,
33:57you'll come out on a dust bag.
33:58You took that bottle.
33:59Now you either pay for it or put it back.
34:02Hey.
34:03Now.
34:04Stop it.
34:05I don't think I like your new barman, Marge.
34:08Put that down, Jack.
34:10For Christ's sake.
34:11Now.
34:11He's too pushy.
34:17And he's heading for trouble.
34:19Oh, leave him alone, Jim.
34:22Two words for you.
34:24Watch it.
34:26I've got what you want, huh?
34:27It'll do.
34:28Yeah, well, I've got some 12-year malt.
34:31Suit me fine, this will.
34:35Jim!
34:35One thing's for sure.
34:49You were never in the diplomatic corps.
34:51I didn't know he was a cop.
34:54Makes a good enemy, he does.
34:55Well, you lame walk in here and help himself.
34:57I owed him.
34:59Ode?
35:00Ode!
35:00Oh, that's it, is it?
35:03You scratch my back.
35:04Fact of life.
35:05I'd rather pay him than some other frighteners.
35:10This way, no one is going to pour petrol through my letterbox.
35:15No one is going to take my license away.
35:17And no one is going to turn the club over.
35:19It's called peace of mind money.
35:22How much?
35:24Fifty a week.
35:26And five of us.
35:27You collect it tomorrow.
35:29Why do you pay him, love?
35:31Don't be so bloody stupid.
35:35Here we go.
35:36Five of us.
35:37Let's go.
35:37Bye.
35:56Bye.
35:56Good morning.
36:11Mrs. Perrow?
36:12Oh, sorry, I was on the phone.
36:13Yes, I saw.
36:14Gasport.
36:15Oh, I thought it was someone...
36:17How wise.
36:18What is?
36:19I know what you were thinking.
36:21Police officer's wife.
36:22Check his credentials, right?
36:24Who knows?
36:24Could be the Boston Strangler.
36:25What is it you want?
36:27Well, if you won't think me cheeky,
36:29I'm looking for a leak.
36:31Oh, well, you'd better come in.
36:38Can you smell gas?
36:39No, I don't think so.
36:48The prices we charge, you can't be too careful.
36:51You can say that again.
36:55Where's Rita the meter?
36:57Um, under the stairs.
36:58Oh, we'll do her in a minute.
37:00No, then, let's see what we've got.
37:01Uh, oven.
37:03Uh, gas fire in the lounge.
37:05Gas fire.
37:07How do you eat your water?
37:09Ascot in the bath.
37:10That's good.
37:11You haven't, uh, faint whiff of the North Seas.
37:12You've been making yourself look beautiful.
37:14Oh, I hadn't noticed.
37:16Mind if I have a look?
37:17Look yourself.
37:18Um, how did you know my husband was a police officer?
37:22Ah, well, there's a little mystery for you.
37:23All will be revealed over a nice cup of tea,
37:26two lumps and top of the milk.
37:27You're cheeky.
37:28Well, there's enough miserable faces about.
37:31Might never happen, that's what I say.
37:33Especially with the government we got.
37:34Ha, ha, ha, ha.
37:58Any luck?
38:11Not yet.
38:20George Carter.
38:22Frank Askins.
38:25Carter.
38:28No, he's not here at the moment.
38:31Give me a line.
38:38Yeah?
38:40George Carter.
38:41No, he's not here at the moment.
38:43He's on DE.
38:44Out of town somewhere.
38:46What about his governor?
38:47Jack Regan.
38:48No, he's not here either.
38:49They're on a job together.
38:55Jack Regan.
38:58Blue Parrot.
39:14Now, this is George.
39:17George, I told you not to call me here.
39:19You bastard.
39:27We'll be sorry to lose you, Mr. Phillips.
39:29These things happen.
39:31HMG's a hard task, master.
39:33Any idea where you'll be settling?
39:34Oh, it's too early to say it, this stage.
39:38Hello, Neil.
39:39Thank you very much, Tricia.
39:46Six thousand pounds, three and ten pounds, and three and five.
39:51Do you want to count it?
39:53If it isn't right, I'll be back.
39:57Do it again.
40:04March.
40:05Yes.
40:20Hello.
40:21What's up with you?
40:22Oh.
40:24Dropped too much of the tiddly last night.
40:26Oh, commercials.
40:28They're always the worst.
40:29Where's my friend, the barman?
40:32Oh.
40:34Down in the cellar.
40:35Did he fall?
40:37No.
40:39Shame.
40:43Be good.
40:44Haskins.
41:09Hugh has collected the parcel.
41:10Yes, all right, Jack.
41:11Well, we've heard from George.
41:13It looks as if they're going to an out-of-town bank.
41:15I think I'm blown, yeah?
41:18Yeah, all right, well, you'd better come in.
41:23Confirmation.
41:24Hugh's collected the money.
41:29Standards, that's what it is.
41:31A lowering of standards.
41:34I have a DC on the strength.
41:36He lived in a police house, wife, two kids.
41:38Suddenly, he moves out and sets up shop with another woman.
41:43All I can get him for is failure to notify a change of address.
41:47I'm sorry.
41:48Really sorry.
41:50Cracking this or not gives us no satisfaction.
41:53It's not the corruption so much.
41:56It's just the fact we've been sitting up there in blissful, bloody ignorance.
41:59Yes, Sergeant.
42:16I know him.
42:17I know him well.
42:19His name is Phillips.
42:20He had an account here for years.
42:24You say he had?
42:25Yes.
42:27He closed it earlier today.
42:29He worked for the government.
42:30Said he did.
42:31He was being moved.
42:32How much was there?
42:35Do I really have to answer that?
42:36Well, it'll have to come out.
42:38Hmm.
42:39Six thousand pounds.
42:41He also had properties in Bournemouth and Swanage.
42:44We assisted in their purchase.
42:46Come in.
42:49Close the door.
42:50You want me to see me, sir?
42:56As you know, I've been engaged on inquiries as a result of the Hudson fraud.
43:00It appears as a result of those inquiries that you are involved in a conspiracy with Detective Inspector Perro to prevert the course of justice.
43:08What the hell is this?
43:10Specifically, you collected 50 pounds from the Blue Parrot Club less than two hours ago.
43:15Who says?
43:15You banked it in an account number 605-590-59.
43:22It's Poppy Clark.
43:24The account was in the name of Herm.
43:26John Herm.
43:28This is fiction, sir.
43:29It's pure fiction.
43:30I wish to God it were.
43:32The numbers of the notes were recorded.
43:34And the notes were treated with fuchsia powder.
43:39Come in.
43:39Come in.
43:39I believe you've met Detective Inspector Regan.
43:50Your friend, the bar monkey.
43:53Anything you want to say, Hugh?
43:55Not without my brief.
43:57You'll be suspended from duty immediately.
44:00Where's your current diary?
44:02On my desk.
44:03Better get it, then.
44:04We'll also need your warrant card.
44:06The sergeant outside will go with you.
44:16Did Perra try to tip him off?
44:18Yes.
44:18He left a cryptic message down at the desk.
44:20Where is he?
44:21Hasn't been seen since he left the bank.
44:26Look, do me a favor, mate.
44:28Let me call the wife.
44:29All right.
44:33Give me a line.
44:37Eight, nine, seven, one.
44:40Jim.
44:41No, he's not here, love.
44:44He's gone to get the traveller's checks.
44:47He's been gone hours.
44:49Spain.
44:50Are you sure?
44:51Rats in the sinking ship, eh?
45:00They should have sussed you at Marge's.
45:02Forget it.
45:05Perrault's gone.
45:06Hours ago.
45:08I don't believe you.
45:09Blown the coop, hasn't he?
45:11There's an explanation.
45:13Sure.
45:14Cleared his bank account.
45:16Explanation for that too, is it?
45:17Who says?
45:18I don't.
45:19What name?
45:21Phillips.
45:27They're the losers.
45:29Who's they?
45:30A force.
45:31How come?
45:32Him.
45:34He knows this patch.
45:35He's worked it all his life.
45:36Worked it all wrong.
45:37And not from behind on bloody desk.
45:39He knows them all.
45:40Every hook, every yob, every tear away.
45:43And his price.
45:44You pick up the dibs once.
45:45Just once.
45:46That's all.
45:46And they've got you.
45:47Finished.
45:48We kept them in line.
45:49Like hell.
45:50You just pull the line down a couple of notches.
45:52And what you did, what you are, turns my guts.
45:57Every copper on every beat has to pay for you.
45:59Has to live you down.
46:00Try the marina.
46:12He was dickering about buying a boat.
46:18Is this where it was?
46:20That's what he said.
46:21Do you know what it looks like?
46:22Roughly.
46:23Just a slow boat to bloody China.
46:27Which way would you go, George?
46:28Up river or down?
46:29Down?
46:31Where to?
46:51Got a lead.
46:52They've seen him.
46:53Who has?
46:53The lockkeeper.
46:54Less than an hour ago.
46:55An hour?
46:55Less.
46:56Get out of the jinsky.
46:59But I don't understand.
47:05I don't understand what all this means.
47:09Did he ever talk to you about money?
47:11Only to say how tight it was.
47:13I mean, look, this house and his old second hand $1,300.
47:19That's all we've got.
47:21I'm afraid that isn't true.
47:24His father was a bobby.
47:26He's a bobby down to his bones.
47:28Mrs. Perrow, as of this morning, he had £6,000 on deposit at the bank.
47:33£6,000?
47:34And property in Bournemouth and other places.
47:36And property in Bournemouth and other places.
47:38Property?
47:39Houses and a shop and newsagents.
47:41No.
47:42No.
47:43No.
47:44I don't believe it.
47:46No.
47:47I don't think it's mobile.
47:48If there's any other places.
47:49Can you, call me?
47:50I'll beoi-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o?
47:51Go.
47:52Get up for the gates.
48:01Perrow!
48:03vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
48:08Let's go.
48:38Let's go.
49:08Let's go.
49:38Oh, nice one, Governor.
49:49I've done my nuggle again, haven't I?
49:50You and John Conte, innit?
49:52Bastard.
49:53It's not your drinking hand, is it?
49:55It's socials and masonics only from now on, George.
49:58You leave it out, Regan.
50:06Nice to meet you, at long last.
50:09You and John Conte.
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